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AArete Strengthens Healthcare, Operations and AI Consulting Leadership with Managing Director Promotions
CHICAGO, Feb. 24, 2026 – AArete, a leading global management and technology consulting firm, announced today the promotions of Diane Body, Emily Dawes, Konrad Siczek and Priya Iragavarapu to managing director, as well as the strategic addition of Scott Zambo as vice president of legal and compliance. These leadership appointments position AArete for continued growth and excellence in client delivery on a global scale.
Is Your Health Plan Data AI-Ready? Here’s How to Tell
Most health plans have set aggressive targets for growth, quality, and cost containment in 2026. As boardroom discussions around these KPIs intensify, executive teams find that their analytics capabilities aren’t adequately supporting the decisions they need to make.
From Reporting to Results: Why Health Plans Must Treat Analytics as a Decision Platform
Medical cost performance is no longer a quarterly reporting conversation; it is a daily operating reality. Executives across a health plan within Finance, Care Management, Quality, Payment Integrity and Med Economics want more than trend lines: they want clarity on what’s driving cost, what’s controllable, and where leadership attention can materially improve outcomes. Yet many analytics environments are still built for retrospective explanation, not operational decision-making. The result is a widening gap between data availability and decision effectiveness.
How Medicare Advantage Plans Can Thrive Despite CMS’s Proposed Minimal Rate Increase
CMS recently released its Calendar Year 2027 Advance Notice and it’s changing how Medicare Advantage plans think about growth as a long-term strategy. The proposed increase to plan payments is only 0.09%, a stark contrast to last year’s 5.1%. For plans already facing cost constraints, this negligible increase means that enrollment growth alone won’t deliver profitability and sustainability gains. Plans need to reduce administrative expenses, strategically design benefits to attract balanced member mixes, and address high-cost areas of business operations.

